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(No Model.)

J. G. BADIA.

WASHTUB.

Patented Feb. 21, 189 3.

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NITED STATES JOSE GARCIA BADIA,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WASHTU B.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,343, dated February21, 1893. Application filedJnly 18, 1891. Renewed May 4, 1892. SerialNo. 431,766. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSE GARCIA BADIA, a subject of the King of Spain,and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Washtubs, of which the followingis a specification.

Myinvention relates to wash tubs and other vessels adapted and arrangedto contain water or other liquid for purposes of cleansing or coloringgarments or for like uses, and also provided with adetachable partitionwhereby the tub maybe made larger or smallerat will in order that it maybe adapted for use as a bath tub if desired.

The invention has forits object the provision of a device simple inconstruction, inexpensive in manufacture, easily and quickly manipulatedand which is efficient in practical use.

To attain the desired end my inven tion consists in the construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter first fully described and then pointedout in the claim.

In the drawings which form a part of this specification Figure 1,represents a transverse section of my wash tub and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section on the line 00. 00. Fig. 1.

Like letters of reference wherever they occur indicate correspondingparts in both figures.

Referring again to the drawings A, represents a vessel in the presentinstance consisting of the ordinary wooden or soapstone tub, used forWashing clothes, &c. I provide this chamber with a projectingledge, jog,or ridge whereby a shoulder may be formed preferably by bolting,cementing or otherwise rigidly securing in a watertight relation a strip0, which is placed along the interior sides and bottom of the tub andwhich is provided with a flange 0, extending forward into the tub in adirection ordinarily at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of thetub. A partition B, made of any suitable material and adapted andarranged to loosely fit within the tub so as to be readily removable atwill, is provided along the sides near the edges with bolts F, extendingthrough the same, the heads of the bolts being provided with elastic orflexible washers F and the shank being threaded and carrying on theopposite sides of the partition B, a manually adjustable nut F Upon thebolt shank is also placed a clamp plate E. Upon the partition B, beingapplied to the ledge C,which may consist of a shoulder formed by oneportion of the tub being made somewhat larger in Width and depth thanthe other,-it is placed snugly against the said ledge, and a layer ofelastic or flexible material adapted and arranged to form a packing D,having been laid in the joint thus formed. This packing D, may beattached to the partition, or secured to the ledge, or both, or else mayconsist of a loose independent layer not permanently fastened to eitherof them.

The parts being placed in position as and in the manner hereinbefore setforth, the nuts F are then tightened causing the clamp plates E to graspthe projecting flange O, and, on account of the tight grip thusobtained, the partition 13, becomes rigidly secured to the tub A, in awatertight relation. The flange C, projects outward as statedasufticient distance to engage with the clamp plates and ordinarilyextends the entire length of the ledge 0, although if preferred it maybe located only at the points adjacent to the bolts F, of which theremay be a greater or less number used, according to the size of the tubin which the partition is to be located.

It will be observed that by my device the partition loosely fits the tubin order to allow for the swelling and shrinkage of the same, a tightjoint being insured by the packing located between the sides of the sameand the flange of the tub. I have found it necessary in making awatertight partition to thus allow for this shrinkage and swelling, as,in the constructions hitherto used, in cases where after water has beenused in the tub, it be comes difficult, if not impossible, to remove thesame; whereas if the partitionis made so as to fit the tub tightly onlywhen the parts are wet, the said partition will upon becoming dry be soloose that the same will leak and be inoperative upon the tub beingfilled with water again. These difficulties I have avoided by theconstruction of parts hereinbefore set forth.

As it is evident that many slight changes the partition fits tight, ithas been found that in the construction and relative arrangement ofparts might be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scopeof my invention I would have it understood that I do not restrict myselfto the particular construction and arrangement of parts shown anddescribed but that I reserve the right to make such changes and thatWhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A wash tub A, provided with a ledge 0', located on the inner sides andbottom thereof, in combination with a partition B, the side edgeswhereof are adapted and arranged to loosely fit and to be engaged withthe said ledge C; and with an intermediate packing D; of the clampingdevices consisting of the bolts F, Washers F, adjustable nut F and clampplate E, whereby the partition, packing and ledge may be rigidly heldtogether in a side bearing relation-the tight joint thus made beingmaintained whether the partition sh rinks or swells-and whereby theparts may also be disengaged at will.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same inthe city of New York, county and State of New York, this 16th day ofJuly, AD. 1891 JOSE GARCIA BADIA. Witnesses:

J. ODELL FOWLER, J 1'., WM. M. V. FOWLER.

